Arnold Schwarzenegger TV series "PUMP"

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to return to bodybuilding in new TV series 'Pump', set in the 70s and based around a gym in California's Venice Beach.

The former politician and Hollywood star has sold the rights for the TV series to US cable network Showtime.

An hour-long drama is being made into a pilot, set in 1970s Venice Beach, California, tracing the origins of the present-day fitness industry and "culture of body worship" to one gym called Pump.

If a series then gets the go-ahead, Arnold is planned to become a recurring character.

Executive producer Eric Tannenbaum said he was excited when the idea was brought to him by writer Michael Konyves.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "We loved it, but I said the only way you can really tell this story is if we can get Arnold involved.

"The birth of the fitness/bodybuilding revolution can literally be traced back to the days when Arnold arrived in the U.S."

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